Preterism is a Christian eschatological view or belief that interprets some (partial preterism) or all (full preterism) prophecies of the Bible as events which have already been fulfilled in history. This school of thought interprets the Book of Daniel as referring to events that happened from the seventh century BC until the first century AD, while seeing the prophecies of the Book of Revelation, as well as Christ's predictions within the Olivet Discourse, as events that happened in the first century AD. Preterism holds that Ancient Israel finds its continuation or fulfillment in the Christian church at the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70.
The AD 70 destruction of Jerusalem (Francesco Hayez painting pictured) is seen by preterists as being allegorically portrayed in the Book of Revelation.
The term preterism comes from the Latin praeter, which is a prefix denoting that something is 'past' or 'beyond'.[1] Adherents of preterism are known as preterists. Preterism teaches that either all (full preterism) or a majority (partial preterism) of the Olivet Discourse had come to pass by AD 70.
Historically, preterists and non-preterists have generally agreed that the Jesuit Luis de Alcasar (1554–1613) wrote the first systematic preterist exposition of prophecy Vestigatio arcani sensus in Apocalypsi, published during the Counter-Reformation.[2]
Preterism is a Christian eschatological view or belief that interprets some (partial preterism) or all (full preterism) prophecies of the Bible as events...
legions laid siege to Jerusalem and destroyed its temple (sometimes called Preterism); or began in 538 AD when papal Rome came to power -- popes being anti-Christs...
and amillennialists. Many postmillennialists also adopt some form of preterism, which holds that many of the end times prophecies in the Bible have already...
Roman Catholic Church. Preterism is a Christian eschatological view that interprets some (partial preterism) or all (full preterism) prophecies of the Bible...
eschatological views. Preterism is the belief that all of these predictions were fulfilled by the time Jerusalem fell in 70 AD. Preterism considers that most...
against the Bible as the will of God. Another view of the end times is preterism. It distinguishes the time of the end from the end of time. Preterists...
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destruction of Jerusalem and of the Jewish Temple in AD 70 is known as Preterism. Some Preterists see this "coming of the Son of Man in glory" primarily...
that of transmillennialism. Pantelism is an extension of Preterism. The difference from preterism is that pantelism views Israel's prophesied redemption...
as the historicist view that most Protestants adopted and the views of preterism and futurism that post-Reformation Catholic circles promoted. Idealism...
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theologies quickly gained traction throughout Catholic Europe. Gradually, Preterism and Futurism gained currency even in Protestant thought. Few mainstream...
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2002). ISBN 0-9678317-4-1 "The Historical Problem with Hyper-Preterism" in Hyper-Preterism: A Reformed Critique, ed. Keith A. Mathison (P & R 2003). ISBN 0-87552-552-0...
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